MEMPHIS -- News that Stephen Curry would return from his one-game hiatus with a left ankle bone bruise sent the sparse pregame crowd at the FedEx Forum into contrasting emotional states Saturday night.

A handful of fans started cheering, because they had spent good money for their courtside seats, but a Memphis Grizzlies usher held her head in her hands and said, "No, no, no."

Both sides ended up getting what they wanted as Curry scored a team-leading 22 points but was about the only Warrior with any steam remaining in the finale of a four-game trip, and the Grizzlies bullied their way to a 108-90 victory.

"We didn't execute, they were the more physical team, and it's a disappointing loss for us," Warriors head coach Mark Jackson said. Memphis "is a good basketball team that pretty much has its way against us. We've got to figure them out."

The Warriors (4-3) have lost 10 straight to Memphis - dating to Nov. 3, 2010 - and haven't beaten the Grizzlies in Memphis since April 4, 2008.

The Warriors couldn't help but look like a team that was playing the second game of a back-to-back road set and was facing a tough, hungry opponent. After winning a franchise-record 56 games and advancing to the Western Conference finals last season, Memphis (3-3) hadn't put it together under new coach Dave Joerger until the Warriors came to town.

The Grizzlies outrebounded the Warriors 44-33, outscored them 54-18 in the paint, led going into the fourth quarter for the first time all season and extended their lead to as many as 23 points. Memphis shot 53.2 percent from the floor against the Warriors, who had limited five of their first six opponents to less than 40 percent shooting for the first time since 1955-56.

But this wasn't the same Warriors team that started the trip with wins in Philadelphia and Minnesota. It wasn't even the same squad that ground within two points of San Antonio without Curry on Friday.

The Warriors looked worn down and managed only brief periods of energy. They trimmed a 14-point, first-half deficit to four points by the break and took the lead for six seconds in the third quarter, but they couldn't sustain it a night after playing in San Antonio.

"That's no excuse," Warriors shooting guard Klay Thompson said. "Bad teams will make an excuse like that. If we want to be great, we've got to do it every night."

In addition to his 22 points, Curry had five assists and three steals, Andre Iguodala added 19 points on 8-of-10 shooting, five rebounds and four assists, and Thompson scored 10 of his 12 points in the second half. David Lee had 13 points and nine rebounds, but he fouled out in 23 minutes against Memphis' physical front line.

Playing a nice bit of high-low basketball, power forward Zach Randolph led the Grizzlies with 23 points and 11 rebounds, and center Marc Gasol added 18 points, seven rebounds and three blocked shots. Point guard Mike Conley chipped in with 20 points, six assists and three steals, and Mike Miller came off the bench for 15 points.

Behind five points and an assist from Curry and energy-providing dunks from Iguodala and Lee, the Warriors went on a 10-0 run in the first half's final 2:48 and went into the break trailing only 54-50. They took a 61-60 lead on a Thompson three-pointer with 9:38 remaining in the third quarter - their first lead since the 2:13 mark of the first quarter.

Memphis responded with an 8-0 run and then pounded the ball inside to Randolph. The Warriors tried several different defenders on him and even double-teamed the power forward, but he scored three straight Grizzlies field goals to give them an 86-72 lead with 1:25 left in the third quarter.